Sapa Discovery 5 days / 4 nights

Day 1: Sapa-Ylinh ho-Lao chai-Ta van. (O/N)

06h00 : Arrive Lao Cai, our guide pick you up and go by car to go Sapa Welcome to Hotel for Breakfast.

At 10 am we leave the hotel and start trekking. The first part is on the road but we soon turn to the right and walk on a small path down the valley to the Muong Hoa River and from here to the Black H’mong village Lao Chai San, Lao Chai. Black H’mong is one of the biggest minority groups in the Sapa area. They are proud of their culture and keep their traditions and way of living. They have their own language and wear traditional indigio blue clothing. After this you continue to Ta Van village (1.200 m) to visit Zay people. Zay is a fairly small minority group of about 38.000 people who live mainly in the mountains in Northwest Vietnam. The development has meant that some of their old customs have been lost but many women still wear traditional shirts with a purple, blue or green colour. The Zay houses are build of wood and bamboo with a clay floor. We stay overnight with a local family in Ta Van and have our dinner here.

Meals: (L;D)

Trekking distance: 15 km.

Day 2: Ta van-Giang Ta chai- Seo trung ho. (O/N)

After the breakfast we continue to visit Red Dao people at Giang Ta Chai where we also see a waterfall. The Red Dao women have very colourful red embroidery and coins on their clothing. On their head they wear a red scarf. Some of the women have shaved off their eyebrows because of a nice Red Zao legend. Hiking along the local trails to go to Seo Trung ho of Red Zao Village to spend a second night.

Meals: B;L;D

Trekking distance: 15 km

Day 3: Seo trung ho – Nam toong – Thanh phu (O/N)

We continue along small paths in the rice fields, cross the Muong Hoa River and arrive to the Tay village of Thanh Phu. Tay is the most populous of the hill tribes. Because of the development and adaptation to the Vietnamese society some of them have started wearing Vietnamese clothing. But most women still wear the traditional checkered headscarf. We stay overnight in a wooden Tay stilt house.

Meals: B;L;D

Trekking distance: 20 km

Day 4: Thanh phu-Nam sai-Nam ken-Ban ho. (O/N)

After breakfast hiking to Nam Sai Village to visit the Tay People, then trek up to to the Red Dzao Village the village of Xa pho tribe the smallest group in Sapa who have very little contact with modern Vietnam. Overnight in Ban ho Village of Tay people.

If we reach Ban Ho in the early afternoon you will have time to swim in a nearby river. In the evening we have dinner with the Tay family.

Meals: (B;L;D)

Trekking distance: 20 km.

Day 5: Ban Ho-Sapa

After breakfast you trek up to Ban Den From here you will be picked up and transferred back to Sapa. In the afternoon you will have time to experience the colourful Sapa market where women from different ethnic minority groups come into town to sell their products.